The rising backlash towards actor-director Justin Baldoni, who was hit with a authorized grievance from Blake Vigorous this week that alleges he subjected her to persistent sexual harassment whereas filming It Ends With Us in 2023, now consists of his co-host on his weekly podcast, as she introduced her departure.
Journalist and writer Liz Plank shared on Monday that she is leaving her gig at The Man Sufficient Podcast, on which she joins Baldoni to debate masculinity. The 37-year-old Montreal native, introduced that she’s departing the podcast she’s co-hosted for 3 years as denouncements of Baldoni tore throughout the online. In the meantime, a number of celebrities planted themselves firmly on Workforce Blake in what’s changing into a public relations battle between the co-stars.
“I’m writing to you as we speak to let you recognize that I’ve had my representatives inform Wayfarer that I’ll not be co-hosting The Man Sufficient podcast,” Plank wrote in her put up. “Thanks for trusting me along with your hearts and tales, for holding area for mine, and for making this present what it was. I’ll miss you, the listeners, a lot. I really like what this group created along with each fiber of my being, and that’s due to you.”
Plank, who reported for Mic, NBC Information and Vox Media, printed her first guide, For the Love of Males: From Poisonous to a Extra Conscious Masculinity, in 2019. Two years later, she launched The Man Sufficient Podcast with Baldoni and Jamey Heath, the president of Wayfarer Studios, the impartial manufacturing studio behind It Ends With Us, and the weekly present the place the three communicate with company about masculinity and their journeys as males.
Vigorous’s grievance states that she was subjected to sexual harassment and a coordinated effort to wreck her popularity. Baldoni’s authorized crew shortly fired again, calling Vigorous’s claims “shameful,” “severe and categorically false accusations towards Mr. Baldoni, Wayfarer Studios and its representatives.”
Earlier than Plank’s announcement on Monday, Baldoni‘s Voices of Solidarity Award for “advocating on behalf of girls and ladies” had been rescinded following Vigorous‘s grievance towards him, his crew and Wayfarer Studios. On Dec. 9, Baldoni obtained the Very important Voices honor, which celebrates “outstanding males who’ve proven braveness and compassion in advocating on behalf of girls and ladies.”
On Monday, Vigorous’s co-stars from the Sisterhood of the Touring Pants, A Easy Favor director Paul Feig and Amber Heard spoke out on behalf of the actress. For his half, Baldoni has been dropped from company WME and his publicist, Jennifer Abel, who was additionally listed on the authorized grievance, shared her aspect of the story.